Circle Line: the "Linie Zentral"

One bus will take you to 26 of Munich's most important museums. The loop links the Kunstareal arts district and its Pinakotheks, the Museum of Egyptian Art, the Lenbachhaus (world's largest collection of the avant-garde artist group “Blauer Reiter”), the antiquities museums surrounding the Königsplatz, the Bavarian National Museum, the Museum Villa Stuck, the Deutsches Museum and many other great venues with world-class exhibits and collections. To reach the Munich City Museum or the Jewish Museum, take the underground, line U3 or U6, from Odeonsplatz to the Marienplatz station and walk from there.

Odeonsplatz

Coin collection - Staatliche MünzsammlungResidenzstraße 1, Eingang im Tor zum Brunnenhof, 80333 MünchenDiscover history and art in gold and silver. Coins, medals, bank notes and other less usual older forms of currency are all on show. Precious stones, cameos and antique lacquered furniture from Japan, used to store money, can also be observed.Zum Programm

Bronze Halls in the Munich ResidenceEntrance Hofgarten , 80333 MünchenIn the newly opened Bronze Halls, visitors can admire over forty large bronze statues from the period around 1600. The sculptures show that the court in Munich was a center for international bronze art at the time.Zum Programm

German Theater Museum - Deutsches TheatermuseumGaleriestraße 4 a, 80539 MünchenWith its many and varied artifacts from the Renaissance onwards, the German Theater Museum is one of the most distinguished collections of its kind. Changing temporary exhibitions present a fascinating palette of themes from the history of theater.Zum Programm

Königsplatz

Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism - NS-Dokumentationszentrum MünchenBrienner Straße 34, 80333 MünchenOn May 2015 the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism opened as a place of education and remembrance documenting and addressing the crimes of the Nazi dictatorship and their origins, manifestations and consequences.Zum Programm

State Collections of Antiquities Munich - Staatliche AntikensammlungenKönigsplatz 1, 80333 MünchenThe Collections of Antiquities bring the cultures of ancient Greece, of the Etruscans and the Romans alive. The exhibition includes masterpieces of ancient art, bronzes and terracotta work, Greek vases, gold jewellery and glass. Zum Programm

Glyptothek MunichKönigsplatz 3, 80333 MünchenThe columned facade of Munich's oldest museum, opened in 1830, is reminiscent of a Greek temple. Inside, visitors can explore a treasure trove of well-known, original ancient sculptures, including the "Medusa Rondanini" or the "Barberini Faun". Zum Programm

Museum Lenbachhaus - Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und KunstbauLuisenstraße 33, 80333 MünchenThe Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus exhibits significant works by the “Blauer Reiter” (the Blue Rider circle of artists) as well as from the 19th Century and from contemporary artists in the former studio and residence of the Painter Duke Franz von Lenbach and in the adjacent Kunstbau (Art Building).Zum Programm

Palaeontological Museum - Paläontologisches MuseumRichard-Wagner-Straße 10 und Luisenstraße 37, 80333 MünchenThe museum takes visitors back to the fauna and flora of the geologic past. The exhibitions span 3.5 billion years of evolution and show spectacular fossils such as the largest dinosaur discovered in Bavaria, the Archaeopteryx, a saber-toothed cat, and the prehistoric elephant from Mühldorf.Zum Programm

Mineralogical State Collection - Museum Reich der KristalleTheresienstraße 41, entrance Marianne-v.-Werefkin-Weg, 80333 MünchenWelcome to the colorful world of minerals, precious stones and crystals. Alongside rare crystals and gems, the museum also presents stones and meteorites from space, including exhibits from Mars and from the moon. Additional, themed presentations in winter, art exhibitions in summer. Zum Programm

Neue Pinakothek (Art of the 19th century)Barer Straße 29, 80799 München‘Discover the Nineteenth anew’ with art from Classicism, Romanticism and the ‘Gründerzeit’ of the mid to late 19th century. The fathers of modern art are also represented with paintings from Goya to van Gogh, sculpture from Canova to Rodin as well as special, themed exhibitions.Zum Programm

Alte Pinakothek (Collection of Old Masters)Barer Straße 27, 80333 MünchenThe Alte Pinakothek is home to one of the world’s most important collections of European paintings, covering the 14th to 18th centuries. The collection includes works by Dürer, Raffael, Leonardo, Tizian, El Greco, Rubens, Rembrandt, Boucher and their contemporaries.Zum Programm

Pinakothek der ModerneBarer Straße 40, 80333 MünchenMuseum of architecture, art, design and graphic art Four museums under one roof: The Collection of Modern Art, Die Neue Sammlung - The International Design Museum Munich, the Museum for Achitecture of the Technical University of Munich and the State Collection of Graphic Art.Zum Programm

Maximilianstraße

Five Continents Museum - Museum Fünf KontinenteMaximilianstraße 42, 80538 MünchenThe oldest ethnological museum in Germany, founded in 1862, offers an insight into the variety of non-European cultures, their often unique art forms and their place in the cultural heritage of mankind. Zum Programm

Deutsches Museum

Deutsches MuseumMuseumsinsel 1, 80538 MünchenMasterpieces of Science and TechnologyThe Deutsche Museum is one of the world’s largest museums dedicated to technology and natural science. Alongside original, historical exhibits, the museum also offers the opportunity for hands-on experimentation, making the laws of nature, instruments and technical processes easier to understand. Zum Programm

Friedensengel / Villa Stuck

Museum Villa StuckPrinzregentenstraße 60, 81675 MünchenThis villa, with its historical rooms, was conceived as a complete and holistic piece of art by Franz von Stuck (1863–1928). Today the villa is a municipal museum, with changing exhibitions of works from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as contemporary art.Zum Programm

Nationalmuseum

Surveying in Bavaria – Historical Collection of the Bavarian Agency for Surveying and Geographic InformationAlexandrastraße 4, 80538 MünchenThis historical exhibition, as well as the world’s largest archive of lithographic stones, gives a fascinating insight into the history of surveying in Bavaria and its importance in the administration of modern states.Zum Programm

Bavarian Nationalmuseum - Bayerisches NationalmuseumPrinzregentenstraße 3, 80538 MünchenWorks of European art and cultural history from the early Middle Ages to Art Nouveau period, including sculptures, paintings and the decorative arts. The collection of nativity scenes from the Alps, Naples an Sicily is world famous. Zum Programm

from Odeonsplatz take U3 or U6 to Marienplatz

Jewish Museum - Jüdisches Museum MünchenSt.-Jakobs-Platz 16, 80331 MünchenThe municipal Jewish Museum, together with the synagogue and the Jewish Culture and Community Center, form an architectural ensemble in the heart of the city. The museum offers an insight into Jewish culture in Munich from the past and the present. Zum Programm

Münchner StadtmuseumSt.-Jakobs-Platz 1, 80331 München‘Typically Munich!’ is the exhibition on the history of Munich. Photography, contemporary history, musical instruments, puppet theater and fairground attractions all have their place in this varied museum, including the Filmmuseum. Zum Programm

Infopoint Museums & Palaces in Bavaria - Infopoint Museen & Schlösser in BayernAlter Hof 1, 80331 MünchenAt the Infopoint Museums & Palaces in Bavaria questions regarding more than 1,360 Bavarian museums are answered. The Infopoint is situated at Alter Hof, just two minutes of walking distance from both Munich's Marienplatz and the Residence. Brochures, digital informations and customized advice are offered for free. A library and a shop present a selection of museum products.Zum Programm

Museum of Hunting and Fishing - Deutsches Jagd- und FischereimuseumNeuhauser Straße 2, 80331 MünchenA well-known eye-catcher in Munich’s pedestrian center – a bronze sculpture of a wild boar and a catfish – points the way to the Museum of Hunting and Fishing. The museum itself introduces young and old to the worlds of hunting and fishing. Zum Programm